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IWA National Festival Sites

The statistics below are mainly taken from the IWA website but are incomplete. Some of these were called rallies rather than festivals and not all were national events.

The final column shows the overall membership of the IWA in the year in question.

Year National Rally Location Waterway # Boats # Visitors Membership
1950 Market Harborough Grand Union Canal (Leicester Branch) 120 50,000+ 800
1951 (no festival) 1,300+
1952 Brecon Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
1953 Macclesfield Macclesfield Canal
1954
1955 Skipton Leeds and Liverpool Canal
1956 Lincoln Fossdyke Navigation 100+ 2,000
1957 Coventry Coventry Canal
1958
1959 Chester Shropshire Union Canal
1960 Stoke on Trent Trent and Mersey Canal
1961 Aylesbury Grand Union Canal
1962 Stourbridge Stourbridge Canal
1963 Little Venice Grand Union Canal, Paddington Branch
1964 Stratford-upon-Avon Upper Avon
1965 Blackburn Leeds and Liverpool Canal
1966 Marple Peak Forest Canal 250
1967 Leicester Grand Union Canal, Leicester Section 350 5,000
1968 Liverpool Leeds and Liverpool Canal 170
1969 Birmingham Birmingham Canal Navigations
1970 Guildford River Wey 380 50,000
1971 Northampton River Nene 7,000
1972 Lymm Bridgewater Canal 500 9,500
1973 Ely Great Ouse, Old West River 255 30,000
1974 Nottingham River Trent 600 12,000
1975 York River Ouse
1976 Peterborough River Nene 142 33,000
1977 Reading River Thames 370
1978 Titford Pools Titford Canal 15,000
1979 Northwich River Weaver 622 30,000 17,728
1980 Lea Valley River Lee 500 25,000 19,274
1981 Leeds Aire and Calder Navigation 410 18,838
1982 Titford Pools Titford Canal 500 40,000
1983 Wigan Leeds and Liverpool Canal 428 50,000
1984 Hawkesbury Coventry Canal 661
1985 Milton Keynes Grand Union Canal 514 30,000
1986 Brentford Grand Union Canal, Main Line 450
1987 Hawkesbury Coventry Canal 530 50,000
1988 Castlefield Bridgewater Canal
1989 Waltham Abbey River Lee 525 50,000 22,000
1990 Gloucester Gloucester and Sharpness Canal 22,268
1991 Windmill End Dudley Canal Line No. 2 768 385,000
1992 Wakefield Aire and Calder Navigation, Wakefield section
1993 Peterborough River Nene 487 78,000 19,167
1994 Waltham Abbey River Lee 17,730
1995 Chester Shropshire Union Canal Main Line
1996 Windmill End Dudley Canal Line No. 2 17,501
1997 Henley River Thames 558 27,500
1998 Salford Quays Manchester Ship Canal
1999 Worcester River Severn 16,869
2000 Waltham Abbey River Lee 16,739
2001 Milton Keynes Grand Union Canal 347 25,000
2002 Huddersfield Huddersfield Broad Canal 191 17,544
2003 Beale Park River Thames 567 32,000
2004 Burton on Trent Trent and Mersey Canal 24,000
2005 Preston Brook Bridgewater Canal 17,242
2006 Beale Park River Thames 600 28,000
2007 St Ives Great Ouse
2008 Autherley Junction Shropshire Union Canal 300
2009 Red Hill River Soar
2010 Beale Park River Thames
2011 Burton on Trent Trent and Mersey Canal 360 25,000

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